Humanistic Nursing Care in Public/Community Health Nursing Practice

Catalog description

This Level IV theory and clinical nursing course explores the principles of public health nursing practice focusing on the expansion, synthesis and application of prior knowledge. The knowledge needed to provide humanistic nursing care across the life span to individuals, families, communities and populations at the local, state, national and international level will be presented. Important concepts for population-based nursing practice, including levels of prevention (health promotion, risk reduction), epidemiology, environmental health, the health care delivery system, public health policy, cultural, economic factors, ethical issues, and global health, will be discussed. Nursing implications of genetics/genomics discussed as it relates to public health concerns. Community intervention strategies will explore development of partnerships with populations and communities. This full semester 4 credit course allocates: two (2) hour/week theory course, 1 credit towards 37.5 hours face to face patient encounters and 1 credit (25 hrs) to alternative clinical experiences including high fidelity simulation, v-sim experiences, case studies, and other modalities for a total of 62.5 clinical hours.